18 Sex Offenders In Evanston: 2021 Safety Map

EVANSTON, IL — There are 21 sex offenders registered as Evanston residents, five fewer than at the same point last year, according to the Illinois Sex Offender Registry.

Of those, 10 have listed addresses in town, three are currently incarcerated in the Illinois Department of Corrections and eight are listed as homeless. Six offenders are listed as non-compliant with registration requirements according to the registry, which is maintained by Illinois State Police.

The non-compliant sex offenders not listed as homeless were Ryan Giles, 40, who is classified as a sexual predator following convictions for predatory criminal sexual assault of a 12-year-old when he was 24, and 64-year-old Henry Gordon, who was convicted of the kidnapping and sexual assault of a 40-year-old when he was 39, according to the registry.

Here is where sex offenders are registered as living in Evanston. Pins on the map represent addresses of offenders convicted of sex crimes. Roll your cursor over the pins, and you will see more information pop up, including the registered sex offender's name, address, date of birth and convictions.

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In Illinois, registered sex offenders are prohibited from passing out candy on Halloween. They may not appear in a Halloween costume or other child-centered holiday characters, such as Santa or the Easter Bunny, in public. Registered sex offenders, however, may wear a Halloween costume in their home, according to the Illinois Sex Offender Registry.

Law enforcement officials and researchers caution that the registries play a limited role in preventing child sexual abuse and stress that most perpetrators are known to the child.

The U.S. Department of Justice, which oversees the National Sex Offender Public Website, estimates that only about 10 percent of perpetrators of child sexual abuse are strangers to the child.

The Justice Department estimates 60 percent of perpetrators are known to the child but are not family members but rather family friends, babysitters, child care providers and others, and 30 percent of child victims are abused by family members. Nearly a quarter of the abusers are under the age of 18, the department estimates.

The Association for the Treatment of Sex Abusers, a nonprofit organization for clinicians, researchers, educators, law enforcement and court officials involved in sexual abuse cases, cautions that children do not face a heightened risk during the Halloween season: "There is no change in the rate of sexual crimes by non-family members during Halloween. That was true both before and after communities enacted laws to restrict the activities of registrants during Halloween. The crimes that do increase around Halloween are vandalism and property destruction, as well as theft, assault, and burglary."

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